Jeffrey A. Jones was a man whose remains were found on the farm of suspected serial killer Herb Baumeister in 1996.
Some of his remains were identified at the time of his discovery, and additional remains belonging to him were identified by Othram in May 2024.
Case[]
On June 24, 1996, Herb Baumeister, a local businessman whose behavior had drawn concern, was discovered to have sexually assaulted, killed, and disposed of the remains of at least 11 young gay and bisexual men at his Fox Hollow Farm estate in the Westfield suburb of Indianapolis. After an arrest warrant was issued for the murders at his estate, Baumeister fled to Ontario, Canada, and died by suicide in Pinery Provincial Park before he could be brought to trial. He did not confess to killing anyone in his suicide note and blamed his failing marriage and business for his death.
Baumeister is also suspected of being the I-70 Strangler who, between 1980 and 1991, killed 12 young boys and men who were strangled, and their naked bodies were dumped near Interstate 70 in Indiana and Ohio. Most of those victims were members of the LGBTQ community who disappeared within a four-block radius in Indianapolis, including Maurice Taylor and Mike Glenn.
In the original investigation, authorities gathered 11 DNA samples out of 10,000 charred and pulverized bone fragments at Fox Hollow Farm. Eight of the men were identified, with Richard's remains being identified on March 5, 1999. The remaining seven were Johnny Bayer, Richard Hamilton Jr., Manuel Martinez, Steven Hale, Allen Broussard, Roger Goodlet, and Mike Keirn.
A ninth victim, Allen Livingston, was identified in October 2023. Following Livingston's identification, Hamilton County Coroner Jeff Jellison reported that four additional DNA samples were developed and the remains found on the property could represent at least 25 people, and encouraged families who had someone disappeared between the 1980s and mid-1990s to contact the Hamilton County Coroner's Office. More than 30 families have come forward and provided DNA samples.
In April 2025, a tenth victim, Daniel Halloran, was identified as part of the renewed identification effort.
Sources[]
- Herb Baumeister on Wikipedia
- DNASolves
- WTHR
- The Advocate